1. AB 1755 The Open and Transparent Water Data Act ALIGNMENT GOOD
Christina McCready, Chief
Integrated Data & Analysis Branch (DSIWM)
California Department of Water Resources
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2. Assembly Bill 1755 (Dodd)

3. Assembly Bill 1755 (Dodd)

4. Assembly Bill 1755 (Dodd)

5. Assembly Bill 1755 (Dodd)

6. Assembly Bill 1755 (Dodd)

7. What is Open Data? minimal restrictions liberal terms of use
attribute and sharealike
for any purpose
freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone
freely used, modified, and shared
public domain
minimal restrictions

8. Assembly Bill 1755 (Dodd)
AB 1755 is an opportunity to integrate and increase access to water data collected by governmental agencies, which will:
Foster collaboration among state agencies
Create opportunities to share and integrate datasets
Minimize duplicate data gathering and reconciliation of diverse datasets
Improve water resources management and operations through data-driven decision-making
Improve transparency and accountability

9. Assembly Bill 1755 (Dodd) Implementation partners include:
Department of Water Resources
State Water Resources Control Board
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
California Water Quality Monitoring Council
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
California Natural Resources Agency
Government Operations Agency (GovOps)
Delta Stewardship Council
Research sector (e.g., California Council on Science and Technology, UC Water, national labs)

10. AB 1755 Implementation

11. Strategic Plan Vision Goals
Useful data for sound, sustainable water resource management
Goals
Data are sufficient
Data are accessible
Data are useful
Data are used

12. Iterative, user-based approach
Initial Protocols
Iterative, user-based approach
Develop only what is necessary
3 initial protocols
Identify a data steward
Publish and document on an open data platform
Access data

13. Led by UC San Diego Supercomputer Center
Open Water Information Architecture
Led by UC San Diego Supercomputer Center
System requirements document that will inform additional AB 1755 protocols
Goal of increasing interoperability of systems

14. Federated Interoperable Portals
data.ca.gov
data.cnra.ca.gov

15. State-hosted portals Tools to help SMEs address business needs
Data discovery, interoperability, visualization
 Maximize value of data

16. Use Cases (User Demands)

17. Use Cases (User Demands)

18. Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge
Data Challenges and Testbeds
Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge
Testbed Activities

19. Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge

20. Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge

21. Exploration of Governance/Funding

22. Discussion https://water.ca.gov/Programs/All-Programs/AB-1755
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23. Portal federation
CNRA Link:
California Open Data Portal Link:

24. What is Open Data? Many definitions exist
Open Knowledge International
European Data Portal
World Bank
Open Definition
Open Definition

25. What is Open Data?
World Bank calls out two dimensions of data openness:
legally open—placed in the public domain or under liberal terms of use with minimal restrictions
technically open—published in electronic formats that are machine readable and non-proprietary, so that anyone can access and use the data using common, freely available software tools. Data must also be publicly available and accessible on a public server, without password or firewall restrictions. To make Open Data easier to find, most organizations create and manage Open Data catalogs